Hijab & the republic : uncovering the French headscarf debate /

A riveting account of the controversial 2004 French law to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winter, Bronwyn, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Gender and globalization.
Subjects:	Hijab (Islamic clothing) > France. Veils > Social aspects > France. Muslim women > Clothing > France. Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Islam. Clothing and dress > Political aspects > France. Islam and secularism > France. HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming. HISTORY > Europe > France. Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Islam Hijab (Islamic clothing) Islam and secularism Muslim women > Clothing Race relations Veils > Social aspects Hoofdbedekking. Islam. Vrouwen. Politieke aspecten. Kopftuch Debatte Muslimin France > Race relations. France Frankrijk. Frankreich Clothing and dress > Political aspects > France France > Race relations Hijab (Islamic clothing) > France Islam and secularism > France Muslim women > Clothing > France Veils > Social aspects > France
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : why France?
pt. 1. Contextualizing the debate: A very modern tradition : background to the "new veiling" ; The "cornerstone of the republic" : secularism and the regulation of religion ; French Muslims : between "integration" and "Muslimism"
pt. 2. A fifteen-year saga: 1989 : three little girls and a great big "psychodrama" ; 1990-1995 : from psychodrama to saga ; 1995-2004 and beyond : how ostentatiousness became conspicuous
pt. 3. Feminists caught in the contradictions: The politics of hijabization ; Co-optations and instrumentalizations ; Feminist confusions and confrontations
Conclusion : French lessons for the West?
Appendix : Chronology.

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